This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …

This paper analyzes gender and ethnic wage gaps in Guatemala for the period 2000-2006, applying a matching comparisons … technique, finding pronounced wage gaps along both gender and ethnic dimensions, the latter being greater. Wage gaps in …

Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru … gender differences in earnings. For the period under analysis, males earn on average 45 percent more than females. This wage … highest quintile of the wage distribution. -- Matching, Non-parametric ; Gender Wage Gap ; Latin America …

This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results … racial wage gaps, observable human capital characteristics account for most of the observed wage gaps, the observed gender …